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Climb Every Mountain?
🕑 Added 2023-07-11 12:59:02 +0000 UTCI am fascinated by tales of adventurous men and women who dare to go deep diving (either with or without gear, or other apparatus for submersion). And I am equally drawn to tales of mountaineering and bouldering, stories of the daredevils who rely on meticulous planning, rigorous show of physical and mental aptitudes, and the final adrenaline rush to set foot on those rugged and snowy heaps. These feats are sometimes life threatening - with the problems due to the cold, altitude, terrain, as well as limited accessibility to help. Nevertheless, the climber's mind occasionally produces "summit fever," where he or she becomes so invested in reaching the top that its lure eventually outweighs even the risk of likely death. And it's ironic that the mongers often succeed, with a majority of falls and other mortal accidents happening on the way down and not down. Some get so exhilarated, that e.g. prior to the 1995 K2 disaster some chose to stay on top until dusk. What on earth were they thinking?
This is all illogical, as the mountaineer already knows that there's really nothing on the summit - no treasure, gold mines, food, or access to instant fame because in most cases it has already been climbed hundreds of times before. But in some instances that goal subjectively becomes everything - maybe we as a human species are just pre-programmed in our brain to infinitely make our next step even marginally higher than our last. Who knows.
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thekill
actualy, because how close you are at deaths door, and the feeling ,is what makes it apealing for me ,and doing it :3 <3
Seawolf
I hope they get the chance too. Besides the altitude sickness, the only other issue was the volcanic ash getting into my boots and turning my socks into sandpaper XD I advise wearing boot gaiters to anyone planning to climb a volcano XD.
savaster
It's very nice that you have had a chance to climb Fuji. I recall an episode from the manga "Next Summit" where two girl climbers walk along the volcano ring on the top and become great friends at the end of the walk (a cute episode). Probably Midnightfox (our patron) will also climb it next year during his visit? :D
savaster
Little known to the public is that the death rate of scuba diving (and even so for freediving, because the population is so small) is very high for a popular sport. One thing could go wrong and the risk of a fatal accident skyrockets.
Seawolf
Only mountain I've ever climbed was Mt. Fuji. It's relatively safe compared to some out there, but boy does that altitude sickness get to you when you're not used to it. But it was worth it to see the view from the top.
thekill
being couragouse to climb the moutain is amazing , but as you said, in our human nature , we want to get always further beyond, even if it will maybe cost your own life. as per average yearly death for moutain climbing is 300. here are other statistics for yearly deaths : moutain climbing : 30~ scuba diving : 169~ free diving : 51~ i dont know why, i like more freediving/scuba diving, because of how close thigns could get :O
